Prenatal diagnosis

Prenatal presentation

Prenatal screening

Prenatal Genetic Counseling and Evaluation

Prenatal Testing with Cell-Free DNA Demonstrated Clinical Benefit

Noninvasive prenatal testing has clinical benefit over conventional prenatal screening tests, and at a price point of USD 795,...

Whole genome sequencing could become prenatal standard of care

Whole genome sequencing of the DNA code of prenatal samples accurately and quickly identifies the location of chromosomal abnormalities, and could become a prenatal standard of care, researchers propo...

Prenatal Exposure To Pollution Harmful For Kids With Asthma

The fact that air pollution, childhood lung growth and respiratory problems are associated with prenatal exposure has been shown in numerous studies in recent years. A new study that will be presented...

Illumina to Acquire Prenatal Genetic Testing Company Verinata

Bio-IT World | Illumina announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Verinata Health for consideration of $350 million plus up to $100 million in milestone payments throug...

Better prenatal testing does not mean more abortion

Between 70 and 85 percent of women in the U.S. confronted with a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome choose abortion — but that number used to be higher. (The Atlantic)

Partnership aims to improve prenatal diagnostics

Baylor College of Medicine will work with Chinese firm Berry Genomics to enhance the way prenatal genetic testing is performe -More- 

Unrestricted sales into prenatal health announced by Fluidigm

Fluidigm Corporation has announced that it can now offer unrestricted sales of its digital PCR and other advanced technology to customers interested in pursuing research and product development into t...

Are four prenatal visits enough?

Reanalysis of the World Health Organization’s  Antenatal Care Trial (WHOACT) shows that there is an increased risk of fetal death at between 32 and 36 weeks for women who have a reduced prenatal ca...

Does prenatal healthcare improve child birthweight outcomes in Azerbaijan? Results of the national Demographic and Health Survey.

This paper evaluates the effectiveness of prenatal healthcare in Azerbaijan on improving child birthweight using the 2006 Azerbaijan Demographic and Health Survey, a nationally representative survey o...

Correlation between prenatal and postnatal penile and clitoral measurements.

BACKGROUND.: A correlation between prenatal and postnatal penile and clitoral sizes has not been reported. These data would substantiate the ability of prenatal ultrasound (US) scan to predict postnat...

Prenatal diagnosis of Milroy disease.

Fetal myocarditis without congenital heart block.

Prenatal diagnosis for haemophilia: a nationwide survey among female carriers in the Netherlands.

Summary.  Carriers of haemophilia face difficult choices regarding prenatal diagnosis, but little is known about the determinants that influence their decisions. The aim of this study was to assess...